Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-16
A GREAT DISPLAY.
Commencement of the ConSti-
tutiOnal Celebration at
Philadelphia.
About 1900 Men and 5000
Horses in the Monster
Procession.
Many Maine People of Prominence
Participate in the Exercises and
are Shown Courtesis.
IlluminatiOns in the Evening
Close a Day Long to be
Remembered.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Is.

procession formed On East and West streets,
and started, at 1890 this morning, down
Broad street. The display was imposing
and was loudly cheered at various points
along the route.
The Carpenters company, the oldest or
ganization in the United States, which was
Instituted in 1924, exhibited two temples in
the industrial parade. The first was re
production of the temple exhibited by this
company during the ceremonies attending the
celebration of the adoption of the constitu-
ton in 1888. The second temple was oblong
in shape. with thirty eight columns. repre-
senting the present number of States. The
original banner used by the company in 1888,
was carried
In the sixth division of the trades display
two floats were devoted to the exhibition of
the old and new tiled fireplaces. A fac simi
lie of an old colony mantelpiece, surrounded
by Holland tiles, repre- senting religious sub
iects, similar to one in Washington's home,
stood alongside of a modern mahogany man
tel, decorated with the finest examples of
French and Euglish tiles. On another float
workmen were seen manufacturing mosaic
in the old methods used in the time of Au-
gustus.
The streets of the city presented a beauti-
full appearance. In all directions as far as
the eye could reach it was one mass of bunt-
ing and decoration. MANY of the newspaper
offices and public buildings made lavish dis
plays. The monster procession covered a
distance of five miles and was witnessed BY
thousands.
The parade. illustrating the advancement
of the industrial arts and sciences during the
past century, fairly eclipsed anything of the
kind ever known. There were in line three
hundred floats. each bearing a representation
of some particular branch of industry, twelve
thousand men, three Thousand horses and
one hundred and fifty five bands of music.
| The first dinner in connection with the con-
stitutional celebration took place last night
| in the Aldine hotel. 1t was given by the
special committee on reception of naval visi-
| tors to Admiral Luce and the officers of the
Atlantic squadron. The admiral was given
carte blanche to invite all the officers of the
fleet, and he did so, bringing forty. 1t was
| a most informal affair, and there was NUT
ual understanding that anybody coming in a
dress suit or uniform, or anybody attempting
to make speech. would be 'fred out.
Accordingly everybody was in ordinary
knockabout attire and business suits, and
there was no fixing up" whatever. Neither
were there any flowers or other decorations.
| Col. W. G. Wilson, of General Hartranft's
staff, presided, with Admiral Luce on his
right and General Sheridan on his left. Ad-
miral Luce told how he had made captures
and got prize money in the Mexican war.
reviewing stand at Broad and Moore
streets gave way under the tremendous
weight of people upon it, shortly after the
parade started, this morning, and was the
scene of indescribable confusion, women
shrieking and children crying, while mer
sought to fight their way out of the strug'
| Cling mass of humanity. number of per
sons were injured, some it is feared fatally
Later.-It is now known that no one was
killed or seriously injured.
The State of New Jersey had had manu-
factured by the Trenton pOtters, OFT & Brew
er. thirteen tescups and saucers for presenta
ton to the governors of the thirteen original
States as souvenirs of the Constitutional Cen
tennial. These are made entirely of native
clays and illustrates the perfection of the
American manufacture of today.
Ex.Vice President Hannibal Hamln o.
Maine arrived Yesterday afternoon at the La
fayette. General II. NJ. PIsisted, j. W
Bradbury and Inspector General Beal OF
Maine, are registered at the Continental.
The first body of State soldiery to arrive ir
Philadelphia from abroad to take part in the
demonstration Friday was the Governor
Guard, crack military organization from
Des Modes, Iowa. They numbered forty
iwo officers and men.
When President Cleveland looks out of ths
windows of his room at the Lafayette he car
see a big oil painting of himself on the oppo
site side of the street. 1t hangs among the
bunting on the front of the building of the
Young Democratic Battalion. Gracefully
drsped bunting hangs below the long ranges
of windows of Hotel Lafayette. The from
ofthe hotel was almost hidden behind patri
otic colors.
| The handsome building of the Penn Ma
tioual bank is on historic spot st Seventh
and Market streets, and iE has patriotic
dress. On the site stood the house in which
Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration OF
| Independence.
The enormous proportions of the industrial
pageant will be understood when 1t Is known
that as the head of the procession began snd
countermarched at 2. 10 P. M, sitter travel
| ling twenty three squares to South Market
street. only seven of the 90 divisions passed
the reviewing stand.
Several of the observation stands settled
| considerably on account OF their heavy loads
but none collapsed
The march was made without any casual
| ties further than an unknown man dropped
dead near Chestnut street, presumably Of
heart disease, and little girl was somewhat
| injured in the crowd.
| The volunteer firemen passed the review
| ing stand just as the Marine band, atthe head
| of the column, was returning. The quaint
and odd looking fire apparatus of other days,
aud men who had "run wid the masheen'
| generations ago, we're in line handsomely
uniformed, the observed of all. There were
| five thousand men in this part Of the process